Detroit Strip Clubs: Bribery probe closes in on Conyers
June 17, 2009 at 2:48 pm | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsThe prospect of a Conyers indictment means Detroit remains mired in scandal four months after former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick completed 99 days in the Wayne County Jail on obstruction of justice and assault charges. A wide-ranging FBI investigation of City Hall continues.
It also could be a political embarrassment to her husband, who is chairman of the committee that oversees the FBI and U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Other matters involving Monica Conyers that have interested federal investigators include:
• An alleged shakedown involving political consultant and former Conyers aide Sam Riddle, Conyers and the representatives of the Zoo Bar in Detroit’s Greektown area. Principals of the strip club have told a federal grand jury that Riddle asked for a $25,000 bribe on behalf of Conyers to help with the transfer of an operating permit, court records show. Riddle, who denied the allegations in January, could not be reached Tuesday.
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